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BRFSS Survey Results 2001 for Nationwide +

Folic Acid

Daily taking multivitamins or vitamin pills/supplements containing folic acid*

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  Total
Respond.#
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
All Participants 50,013 21,834 42.0 41.4-42.6 28,179 58.0 57.4-58.6
Alabama 2,678 1,033 38.1 36.0-40.2 1,645 61.9 59.8-64.0
Arizona 3,016 1,476 47.0 44.5-49.5 1,540 53.0 50.5-55.5
Delaware 3,389 1,669 48.3 46.1-50.5 1,720 51.7 49.5-53.9
Florida 4,394 2,178 48.0 46.2-49.7 2,216 52.0 50.3-53.8
Indiana 3,777 1,815 46.3 44.5-48.1 1,962 53.7 51.9-55.5
Iowa 3,309 1,496 42.8 40.8-44.7 1,813 57.2 55.3-59.2
Kentucky 7,121 2,770 38.5 36.8-40.2 4,351 61.5 59.8-63.2
Nebraska 3,410 1,593 42.0 40.1-43.9 1,817 58.0 56.1-59.9
North Carolina 2,838 1,205 39.4 36.7-42.2 1,633 60.6 57.8-63.3
North Dakota 2,390 1,090 43.0 40.9-45.2 1,300 57.0 54.8-59.1
Pennsylvania 3,459 1,601 43.9 42.0-45.8 1,858 56.1 54.2-58.0
Tennessee 2,750 1,183 41.9 39.8-44.1 1,567 58.1 55.9-60.2
Texas 5,481 2,375 39.9 38.4-41.3 3,106 60.1 58.7-61.6
Wisconsin 2,001 350 16.8 15.0-18.8 1,651 83.2 81.2-85.0

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+ Only participating states or terretories are presented here.

*Data for this table were derived from the folic acid question 'How often do you take this vitamin pill or supplement?' and those respondents not taking multivitamin or folic acid containing pills considered non-daily user.

#Use caution in interpreting cell sizes less than 50. N = Cell Size, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics.

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